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Polkadot

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Summary

Polkadot (DOT) is a multi-chain protocol founded by Gavin Wood, ranked #41 by market cap (~$2.3B). The project faces significant headwinds: a $133M treasury overspending crisis (projected 2-year depletion), the 2017 Parity wallet freeze that locked ~$98M of ICO proceeds, an April 2026 Hyperbridge exploit minting $1B in fake bridged DOT (losses ~$2.5M), and steep ecosystem decline with active parachains dropping from 200+ to ~30. No SEC enforcement actions exist, and ETF applications are under review.

Connected Entities

5 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
□Hyperbridge32□Ethereum64□Polkadot□Polkadot (DOT)
Tokens
♦Coinbase62
Relationships
  • Ethereum→mentioned with→Coinbase(60%)
  • Polkadot (DOT)→mentioned with→Coinbase(70%)
  • Polkadot (DOT)→mentioned with→Polkadot(80%)
  • Polkadot (DOT)→mentioned with→Hyperbridge(70%)
  • Polkadot (DOT)→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
  • Polkadot→mentioned with→Coinbase(60%)
  • Polkadot→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
  • Polkadot→mentioned with→Hyperbridge(80%)
  • Hyperbridge→mentioned with→Polkadot (DOT)(80%)
  • Polkadot→mentioned with→Polkadot (DOT)(80%)
  • + 2 more
Also appears in
Hyperbridge·32Ethereum·64Lendf.me·30Levyathan·18Jump Trading·42OpenZeppelin AI Exploit Threat Vector·15StableMagnet·2Shibarium·28Bankr·18Nexera·32+ 50 more
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Timeline(8 events)

15 October 2017

Polkadot ICO raises $145M

coindesk.com

6 November 2017

Parity wallet bug freezes ~$98M of ICO proceeds permanently

coindesk.com

26 May 2020

Polkadot mainnet launches

wikipedia.org

23 October 2023

Parity Technologies lays off 30% of staff

bloomberg.com

2 July 2024

$133M treasury spend reported; 2-year depletion projected

coindesk.com

February 2025

W3F CEO steps down after 16-month tenure

thedefiant.io

March 2026

Hard DOT supply cap of 2.1B enacted

medium.com

13 April 2026

Hyperbridge exploit: ~$2.5M stolen via fake bridged DOT

coindesk.com
Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain5 Wayback Archivessrc:claude-code-investigator

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (7 events). 5 of 7 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

full audit log →version history →

model: claude-code-investigator

generated: 5/13/2026, 3:21:17 AM

last updated: 8/21/2026, 5:43:42 PM

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